A gritty, gripping and realistic zombie picture from Danny Boyle

Rating: Null/10 (21 June 2007)

"28 Days Later" is a powerful British horror movie from director Danny ("Trainspotting") Boyle. When animal rights activists free contaminated apes from a laboratory, it's only a matter of weeks before Britain has been decimated. Infected individuals are kill-crazed zombies that move quickly and show no mercy. Cillian Murphy is the reluctant hero of the movie, a young man who was unconscious when hell broke out throughout the country. We join Murphy as he awakes from his coma and tries to find fellow survivors.
The beautiful Naomie ("Miami Vice") Harris plays the feisty Selena, a woman who is determined to survive.
This is an excellent addition to the horror stable. The real horror lies in the activities of mankind rather than the acts of the infected population. The scenes with Christopher Eccleston and his group of soldiers are chilling and thought provoking.
Definitely at least an 8 out of 10 for this low-budget movie. Recommended.